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(1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 95% Fresh Page   1   10/10 "but for appreciative movie patrons, this one is sure to be treasured for a long time to come. "   NutzWorld   Blake French "Lunacy is par for this film’s course, made visual by Lance Acord’s creatively demented cinematography."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs 89/100 "This is a film about identity, self-worth, voyeurism, consciousness, commercialism, celebrity, power (who is the ultimate puppet master?) narcissism, mortality and the most demented menage-a-trois in recent memory."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 3.5/4 "Certain movies are shameful for snubbing the laws of reality, but Being John Malkovich does not once feel sidetracked by the zany twists."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 4/4 "The kind of film you might want to see several times to appreciate fully: every characterization, every line of dialogue, every frame of film stock has something unique to offer."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth A "This is the kind of strange film that one would expect to be released as an art-house indie, yet here it is playing as a mainstream mall film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "A stunner through-and-through, and can safely stand as one of the very best motion pictures of the season."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Dustin Putman 4/4 "Ribald Kafkaesque romp Being John Malkovich contemplates the nature of sexual identity and celebrity with a surrealist shtick that owes plenty to Buñuel and Svankmajer."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 9/10 "Being John Malkovich proves, the people behind the enigma we know as Hollywood really should be institutionalized."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "There hasn't been a more brilliantly bizarre, or more darkly humorous, American film in years."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "An Alice-in-Wonderland extravaganza about the yearning we all have , occaisionally, to be someone else."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Unlike most comedies, which go for laughs without worrying about depth, Being John Malkovich has both."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze deserve some kind of special award for (respectively) having an imagination twisted enough to think up and the visual inventiveness to execute a movie like Being John Malkovich."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4.5/5 "Being John Malkovich is one head-trip of a comedy."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "Premises don't come packaged more cleverly than this one. Stellar cast, eclectic story and a peculiar concept render this an imaginative albeit uneven two hours of unusual movie entertainment."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "An incredibly memorable and distinctive movie."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "Probably the most creative film of the year with a script loaded with layers of surreal cream, a cast playing against type and scoring with solid performances all around."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 7/10 "...basically a one-note picture, but one of 1999's more amusing and creative efforts."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "The film is a daringly creative, visually stunning and wonderfully acted fantasy."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/4 "Cinta sumamente original que va a dejar pensando al espectador tiempo después de que éste abandone la sala de proyección"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 2/5 "It's not a horrible movie. It just gets so confusing that you should rent it, so you can rewind and figure out what is going on."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel "Defies all expectations. It touches you in places you didn't think a film could reach. It's everything at once, thoughts, feelings, urges... But it is not total confusion. It does make sense. A lot. And it's hysterically funny, too!"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 9/10 "You just have to marvel at how well Jonze and screenwriter Charles Kaufman keep the whole thing from strangling on its own eccentricity."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "A comic invention that simply must be seen to be believed."   Film Journal International   Maitland McDonagh 9/10 "An audacious comedy that starts strange, keeps getting stranger, then hits an idea so weird that it takes the rest of the film to explore only some of the many ramifications."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4/4 "Being John Malkovich is unquestionably the freshest, most original - yes, I'll say it - best movie of the year"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 9/10 "An unforgettable moviegoing experience."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "An exploration of celebrity, identity, sexuality, and other issues that is never less than imaginative--not to mention insanely funny and consistently surprising."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 4/5 "There was a scene in Being John Malkovich that ranks as the funniest scene I have ever, well, seen, in a movie. That would be when John Malkovich goes through the portal into his own mind. I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 5/5 "São poucas, as vezes em que podemos realmente dizer 'Nunca vi algo assim!'. Este filme consegue se encaixar nesta rara descrição."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4.5/5 "A hilarious and beguiling comedy-adventure-mystery-romance hybrid. And it's not just the jaw-dropping oddity of the thing that makes it work; the film has a wonderfully involving -- and even moving -- storyline."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Will benefit greatly from repeat viewings and fervent post-viewing deconstruction."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 8/10 "The film has a number of good laughs in it."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "A surrealistic ride into a fantasy world that is unique and never before seen."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4.5/5 "Disturbingly smart and joyously weird. A true original."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg F "Gender and relationships shift and merge and re-form like blobs of goo in a lava lamp… a profoundly anti-human fantasy."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 10/10 "A film of astonishing and beguiling originality."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger 4/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 8/10 Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Jonathan F. Richards  (1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 95% Fresh Page   1